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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 5
    Collection
    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    14th century, second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume contains a collection of 213 documents from the years 1324-1327, copied by nine notaries
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 51
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Padua or Venice
    • The manuscript belonged to Cardinal Giovanni Salviati (1490-1553) from Florence and then to the Venetian
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S I 144
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    e-codices
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1460/1470
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Upper Rhine (Speyer or Mainz?)
    • This manuscript was created in the third quarter of the 15th century, probably in the Upper Rhine area or
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 321(647)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 9th-13th centuries
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • A composite manuscript containing various texts related to figuring Easter dates, two datable calendars
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 129
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    e-codices
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Manuscript compilation from the 9th century from the monastery of St.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B I 17
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1437; 1436
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bishop Paul of Burgos, who converted from Judaism to Christianity at the end of the 14th century, composed
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 323(1065)
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    e-codices
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 10th century (first third) / middle of the 11th century / 11th century (second half)
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Western or Southern Germany
    • Western or Southern Germany
    • This Einsiedeln codex contains the letter of Alexander to Aristotle, the life of Charlemagne by Einhard
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 145
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1486
    Language
    Latin
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    • or Hildesheim, Benedictine abbey (?)
    • The first regards those who claim “to be able to calculate and foresee the Last Judgment.”
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 20
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • or Flanders
    • This work recounts the life of the Constable for Charles V, from his childhood to his death.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 603
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, very likely 12th century
    Language
    Chinese
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    • It was introduced to China from India by the monk, scholar and translator Xuanzang, who translated the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 160
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1469
    Language
    French
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    • Utterson, Edward Vernon (1775 or 1776-1856)
    • or Flanders
    • The ink wash drawings are very similar to those found in Ms. 9650-52 of the Königliche Bibliothek of
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 87
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1004
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript from Luxeuil contains the Geometry falsely attributed to Boethius, as well as geometric
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 930
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1425
    Language
    German
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    • High German translation of the Regula solitariorum (rule for hermits), which was written in the 9th or
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 363
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1483
    Language
    German
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    • German language lectionary with the Epistles and Gospel readings according to the Church year (Proprium
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 199
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 8th century, 8th century, 9th century and 9th-10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20
    • or Flanders
    • The manuscript is very close to Gregory’s autograph (class 1a); it originated in the circles of the Reims
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann, XX/48 Nr. 20
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    e-codices
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    Müstair. Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Johann
    Date
    7th century, 9th century, around 800
    Language
    Latin
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    • Parchment fragment (1 leaf) with an excerpt from an evangeliary from around 800.
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    Dalpe. Archivio parrocchiale, n. 1
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    e-codices
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    Dalpe. Archivio parrocchiale
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Padua or Venice
    • This parchment booklet from the parish archives of Dalpe (Leventina) contains the story of the suffering
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1142
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Liturgical manuscript from the Cistercian Nuns’ Cloister Günterstal near Freiburg im Breisgau, written
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 414
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, around 1030 (additions until the 14th century)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Winter part (from the first Sunday in Advent to Holy Saturday) of a Breviary for the divine office, written
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
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    • or Flanders
    • This allegorical poem, composed in 1455, invites people to live a holy life by means of a dialogue between